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Network for Artistic Research (CfAR)

Centre for Artistic Research (CfAR) is Uniarts Helsinki’s artist-researcher network, aimed at developing and supporting artistic research. 

A person among art works is watching a screen in Research Pavilion exhibition.
Photo: Petri Summanen

Introduction

The Centre for Artistic Research (CfAR) is a network that develops and supports activities in artistic research at Uniarts Helsinki, fostering fruitful interaction between artist-researchers. The network brings together postdoctoral and senior artist-researchers from the Uniarts Helsinki research community as well as beyond it. 

CfAR is open to researchers interested in the study of artistic practices and processes who may benefit from artistic interaction and collaboration with artists and artist-researchers. 

 

Location

Contact information

  • Otso Aavanranta

    Professor, Tutkimusinstituutti, Research Institute
    +358469216117
    otso.aavanranta@uniarts.fi

News

Our events

Our community and activities

  • Research Pavilion

    Fine arts, concerts, performances, workshops and discussions with an inquiring mindset – every two years, the Uniarts Helsinki Research Pavilion showcases what artistic research is all about. On 2023, the Research Pavilion was funded by Niilo Helanderin säätiö. It took place in Suomenlinna and Helsinki Music Centre in June with a tagline “Puzzled together”.

  • What is artistic research?

    Art offers a premise and an aim for research: a motive, a terrain, a context and a whole range of methods.

  • About the Centre for Artistic Research (CfAR)

    The goal of CfAR is to investigate and to show how far artistic research can reach when it is conducted at the postdoctoral level.

  • CfAR archive

    Find more about our activities and events from the previous website.

About our research

Here you’ll find some examples of our research projects.

  • Correspondence with the Past

    Elina Saloranta’s artistic research examines Finnish singer Elli Forssell.

  • Terveisiä!

    Artistic research by Satu Olkkonen focuses on events and public performances.

  • RUUKKU journal

    RUUKKU is an international journal on Artistic Research, hosted by the Finnish team of Uniarts Helsinki, Aalto Arts, and the University of Lapland.

  • SAAR – Summer Academy for Artistic research

    The Nordic network is coordinated by the University of the Arts Helsinki.